Lot Essay
Compare to a scene with Buddha and a Brahman ascetic, at the Peshawar Museum, see J. Marshall, The Buddhist Art of Gandhara, 1960, fig. 66.
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GANDHARA, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY
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A Gray Schist Relief
Gandhara, circa 3rd Century
Carved in rectangular brick-form with notched side, the front with an ascetic emerging from a hut in deep relief, a square reserve on the right with fernlike scrolls, some reddish earth adhering overall
12½ in. (31.7 cm.) wide
Gandhara, circa 3rd Century
Carved in rectangular brick-form with notched side, the front with an ascetic emerging from a hut in deep relief, a square reserve on the right with fernlike scrolls, some reddish earth adhering overall
12½ in. (31.7 cm.) wide